Ryzen 9 4900H vs Xeon Gold 6154

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6154 and Ryzen 9 4900H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	296	580
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	22.89	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Renoir-H (Zen 2)
Release date	11 July 2017 (6 years ago)	16 March 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,543	no data
Current price	$604 (0.2x MSRP)	$1339

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6154 and Ryzen 9 4900H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	18 (Octadeca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	36	16
Base clock speed	3 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	4.4 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	24.75 MB (shared)	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	82 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	8,000 million	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6154 and Ryzen 9 4900H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	4 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Ryzen 9 4900H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA, SHA
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6154 and Ryzen 9 4900H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Ryzen 9 4900H are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Ryzen 9 4900H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	68.27 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Ryzen 9 4900H.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Gold 6154 outperforms Ryzen 9 4900H by 50% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	18.51	12.38
Recency	11 July 2017	16 March 2020
Physical cores	18	8
Threads	36	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	54 Watt

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